Four jills in a jeep is a 1944 film starring kay francis, carole landis, martha raye, and mitzi mayfair as themselves, reenacting their uso tour of europe and north africa during world war ii. Title four in a jeep year 1951 distributors international film dist ltd classified dates 2105 1951 submitted run time 103m 51s approved footage 9346 bbfc reference aff0328. Not a bad little movie, produce by a film company outside the united states, i obtained my dvd from vci entertainment, the. Watch four in a jeep movie trailers, exclusive videos, interviews from the cast, movie clips and more at. I was fascinated by the images of vienna and the living conditions of its citizens. Jeep patrols from the four allied nations are sent to capture a runaway soviet who. Release dates 11 also known as aka 23 release dates switzerland 30 march 1951. Filmed on location, four in a jeep was released in the us by united artists. In this austrianset postworld war ii drama, a patrol featuring soldiers from each of the four nations occupying the country. The 5th british academy film awards, retroactively known as the british academy film awards, given by the british academy of film and television arts bafta previously the british film academy in 1952, honoured the best films of 1951. The film started off okay, the four occupying nations britain, france, us and ussr had armed patrols go about in various sectors of vienna and one sector in particular was called the international zone.
Originally intended to be a small role offering only a couple of days work, the extent of her part grew during the four month. Recently, during a discussion of films made a few years after the end of ww2, i mentioned four in a jeep. The following table lists known worldwide gross figures for several highgrossing films that originally released in 1951. At the time i first viewed this movie i knew that berlin was partitioned into four zones after the war, but had no idea that vienna experienced the same situation. In postwar vienna, occupied by the allies, four sergeants representing each of the occupying nations usa, england, france, soviet union patrol in the same jeep. Soviet authorities, who felt insulted by the way the ussr is depicted in the story, protested against the release of the film in april 1951. Four in a jeep 1951 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. The four actresses did an outstanding job in the movie about their adventures during wwii as well as in real life. Mission of justice full movie action martial arts jeff. Four in a jeep is a film directed by leopold lindtberg, elizabeth montagu with ralph meeker, viveca lindfors, yossi yadin, michael medwin, year. In 1951, the festival took place in april instead of september to avoid direct competition with the venice film festival as in the previous two festivals, the entire jury was made up of french persons. Also sign me up for fanmail to get updates on all things movies. The previous year, no festival had been held because of financial reasons. Oscar duby, hans sahl, richard schweizer, william harding, william michael treichlinger.
The 4th cannes film festival was held from 3 to 20 april 1951. In postwar vienna, occupied by the allies, four sergeants representing each of. Before the film s opening credits, an onscreen written prologue reads, this. Law and order mayoral candidate brigitte nielsen is the ruthless and racist leader of a secret neofascist group out to take control of the city by whatever means necessary. Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface. With viveca lindfors, ralph meeker, yossi yadin, michael medwin. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Buy four in a jeep dvd 1951 us import from amazons movies store. With brian donlevy, forrest tucker, ella raines, john russell.
See the article in its original context from june 24, 1951, section a, page 77 buy reprints view on timesmachine timesmachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. Viveca lindfors, ralph meeker, yossi yadin, michael medwin, albert. Four in a jeep 1951 0330 1951 ch drama 1h 35m user score. The jeep trailer was a small, 1 4 ton payload rated, cargo trailer, designed in world war ii, tailored to be towed by 1 4 ton u. Regarder film four in a jeep gratuitement, voir film four in a jeep en streaming vf, telecharger film four in a jeep en entier, regarder film four in a jeep en francais. Versions of the quarterton jeep trailer remained in military use, by the u. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing four in a jeep near you.
This movie is about four soldiers, one american, one russian, one british and one french, patrolling in postwar vienna, austria, in the period immediately after the end of world war two and how they interact with each other, and with a certain woman who wants to leave the russian zone. Intrigue and danger follow the international police on their rounds in post wwii vienna in the suspenseful. Note that this list is incomplete and is therefore not representative of the highestgrossing films worldwide in 1951. I recall seeing it in the early 50s and being impressed by itpossibly because of the timesit was the cold war, and i was very political thenleftie to the core. Four in a jeep british board of film classification. Staring ralph meeker, viveca lindfors, albert dinan and joseph yadin. Title four in a jeep year 1951 formats cinema distributors international film dist ltd classified dates 2105 1951 bbfc reference azf0328. Intrigue and danger follow the international police on their rounds in postwwii vienna in this suspenseful madeonlocation drama. Four in a jeep starring viveca lindfors, ralph meeker ralph meeker is one of the players in four in a jeep, now playing at the music box theater. Where all 4 nations had a soldier in one jeep to keep tabs on things. This list also includes gross revenue from later rereleases. Four in a jeep has the same mutinational pointofview as his film the last chance.
In postwar vienna, occupied by the allies, four sergeants representing each of the occupying nations usa, england, france, soviet unionpatrol in the same jeep. Four in a jeep on dvd 089859058622 from vci home video magic lantern. Four in a jeep is a 1951 swiss drama film directed by leopold lindtberg and elizabeth montagu. Story of how the coast guard trained to help win world war ii. Intrigue and danger follow the international police on their rounds in post wwii vienna in the suspenseful madeonlocation drama, four in a jeep. Telecharger film four in a jeep gratuitement, regarder film four in a jeep en streaming, voir film four in a jeep en ligne. Here its done with the simple device of four sergeants on patrol in vienna, each representing one of the four occupying.
The beautiful franziska viveca lindfors wants to leave the russian zone with her husband, an escapee from an interment camp. An attempt to reflect the atmosphere of tension and apprehension that casts the shadow of uncertainty over life in postwar vienna is made with only a small measure of success in four in a jeep. France april 1951 cannes film festival denmark 18 april 1951. See the article in its original context from march 4, 1951. The working titles of this film were command performance and camp show. This wonderful little civilian model cj3a looks fresh and new out of the wrapper. After reading a biography about martha ray i purchased four jills in a jeep.
Join sign up keep track of your favorite shows and movies, across all your. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film. Lazar wechslers praesens films of zurich has completed the latest of the line of multilingual films in. I found this movie to be good, clean fun and the best part of the movie was the fact that all four ladies played themselves. The scene is postwar vienna, a city sliced up into four united nations sectors. One day they are given the mission to capture and arrest a prisoner who has run away from a soviet war prisoner camp. Movies now streaming coming soon to theaters tv shows on tonight upcoming series. Four in a jeep 1951 british board of film classification.
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